Road Trip

Every year I take a road trip with my dad

We head down to "God's country" as he puts it.

That translates into SE Minnesota/ NW Iowa

Rushford, Lanesboro, Mabel, Black Hammer, Sheldon, Houston, Caladonia, Dorchester, Yucatan, & Spring Grove (not in that order)

It's fun to see the old homesteads, Hear about family I never met and

 listen to stories about Dad's childhood 

and then there's the beauty of the landscape...

OH MY GOODNESS

It's no wonder it's called "Gods country"

 I love old barns the ones with the stone foundations

and real wood...and red.

Lunch in Lanesboro, such a neat little town

Old stone house, thought it was cool.

Erickson road....

I'm an "Erickson", 

so we drive up to this road and dad says,

"Have I ever brought you here"?

Nope....

So we turn onto "Erickson Road" and drive a bit the road starts as gravel

 and eventually just goes to a grass road. 

I love that we are driving on grass in the middle of a corn field,

 heading toward a wind mill that's covered in vines

As we get a little closer we drive up to this old barn...

My great-uncle Ernest's barn. 

The house is no longer standing and

the way the barn looks it won's be for long

I love this old barn.

Across the valley to the left (not in the picture) is my Great-uncle Grant's farm

So very cool to see all this. 

The colors are near peak in some areas, but most will be at peak in about a week or so. 

Such a great day with Dad... Mom, your next  :)